Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1924 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more

Download & Play

Questions

Newspaper Page Text

4
1 lt"
1
H
o
c.
K a AH l
VOL. XXIV. NO. 1!).
BOLIVAR, TENNESSEE,-. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1888.
SUBSCRIPTION: $1.00 Per Year.
THE WOULD AT LAltGE.
puimuary of tho Dally New.
CONGKHSSIONAI.
Whes tho Senate met on tho ISth the
solution for evening session waj taken up
and an amendment ofTerod that the regular
iiour Tyft the meeting of ihe Senate be eleven
' clock a. m., which elicited a spirited discus
sion. The resolution finally went over one day.
ffhe Tariff bill was then considered until ad
journment The House. In Committee of the
Vhole, proceeded to consider the LegUlative
Appropriation bill, debate on which continued
The Senate on the lth passed the House
! ill Incorporating the American Historical So-
with o i nti m! mo titc (innntAT T-Mmunds ift-
. 1 v " - . - -
4 otH i,fir1 rc1ntAna fhnt llirt lT1iitAil Ktatfft
k)vemment will look with serious concern and
cllsapproval on trie connection i any tumptan
:rtvrnTnnt with tho rnnntriirLion or control
Of any ship canal across the Isthmus of
Iarien cr Central America, wnicn was
VftrrrrA Thfl Tariff bill was then discussed
aintll adjournment... The House asrreed to the
conference report retiring C'-neral Andrew J.
m i t Vi with ih r.,nli . ,f ( ', ,1 r u , 1 A f tpr t he trans-
fiction Of minor business the House went Into
...i.A.. Ar . , W 1, . . i .. ihn l?iir and l?:ir-
or bill, and pending its consideration ad
journed. Tut Knralu nn Ihe "Oth non-concurred in
lha House umrndtm-nts to the Direct Tax bill
find ordered a conference, it was atrreen ny
inanimous consent that voting on the Tariff bill
lnd amendments should beirin at one o'clock
J.un,,t-tr iV. whfn fli'liiilj. should close. The
I esolution for a holiday recess from December
i Tamiurv is. lLilnntnl After (lisitoslntf
tt several resolutions the Tariff bill was
taken up and debate resumed, it was nnany
J Aid aside and all the pension bills, ninety in
liumber, passeaf occupy .ug miy minutes,
f.mrni'il After eonciirrinif in several confer
nee reports, the Houe, in Committee of .the
XVholo, took lip the Klver and Hailmr bill,
-h fnuiilfirit until nii)ot:rnnitfnt.
Is the Senate on t ie 21st Senator Teller's
resolution viiutln a committee to investi
gate tlie affairs of the supervising architect of
t he treasury was amended so a to Include the
J. rmcr architect, and after a debate whicn at
t.iclioil Hie tiresent svstem of crrctiiiif liublii
VuildiutfS, was adopted. Afl r disposing of
notion ami resolutions the Senate took
tip the Tariff bill ami nrter a long Uelialt
it, went over and several lulls paused, when tlx
Henato adjourned until January " Aiitr ro
i,,iaLn(,ll,Mll,iiKfl UMilt ifllil I'ollimitt
.f tho Whole on the NU-nni.'iiiin bill which oc
. iit,i.i1 neiirlv the w hole of the session. When
k mttiit t.. run.- in. iirt-vious nuestion was
ordered on the bill and amendments. After
(Hissing a bill increasing the pension of Jacob
...,,.ra mllnnii. n veteran of the War of 1H1-,',
lol'iO per month, the House adjourned until
.January 4.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Himmn Fahwki.i. lias introduced a bill
Tor the reorganization of the navy, so as
o do away -with present injustices.
Tor Intor-Ki Ht h ( 'iiiiniiHi'eo Commission
l.cgan a bearing on tho lth of the tariffs
und classifications of the Southern itail
vv and Sleuiushii) Association.
Auiak H I'o-l. nihiiiiiKirnlorof the es-
Hateof tho late Edward S. 1'aul, has en
suit. In Washington ntraiiist Henntor
Julloiii, of Illinois, for 10,IHX), the an it
wrnwinir nil t of the death of l'rof. Pnul.
ho was ridden down and fatally injured
3iy Joseph (bne, a neio coacnuiau in tue
im.lnv of the Senator.
Skvekal representatives of Southern
lailrond linos testified recently in Wash
ington before the luter-State Comtuerce
l'ommissIon a to their tariir and rate
methods. All acknowledged lack of con
lVirmitv to tho letter of the law.
Tub Secretary of the Navy has sent out
Circulars inviting propositi for the con
, Mruction of a 1,000-ton armored coast de
fense vessel.
Thi t'oiiRulnr and Ditdomatic Appropri
aition lull, as tirenared br the House Com-
nittnn on Foreitrrt Affairs, aimronriates
2:2,427,oii f 1,4 10 les than that of this
'a r.
7 --
Dli. Kkjioxa Ai'ci sta, Ambnssnilor of
Ihe Hajtien insuigents to the United
Titates, and (Jhai les A. Jacltson, oC rsew
Vork, hi attot ney, were in Washington
. ai-ntlv ntteiimtiiiLr to interest thi Gov-
4 riiiuent in the cause of the iui;uiiectiou-
Jta.
It i stated tlint National bank notes,
redeemed nt the Treasury Depart ment,
Jiave again got into circulation. Id ponia
mysterious imnner they failed t reach
the iim erator. where it was iutendo I they
houM be destroyed.
, Tiik 1'iesident ha p:n doae.l H 'tijatnin
Jlopkius, the liatik ueiauuer i'i vmcin
t i. on the irround of ill-health.
Mrs. fi.FVFi.Axn returned to Wash'ng-
on on the 21 t iioni her visit to miiaaei
jihia.
IlcNisrt.i. a Moor, has arrived at Wash
j ngton to prefer chaigei against Consul
I :..,i nl Lewis at Tan trier of havinir ex
torted money fiotn MHr under American
jirotcctioii.
VnxtrAT-n MuirnfTH. one of the assailant
of gambler Daly in a New York flat re
cently, has been sentenced to eight years
and ten months in the btaie s prison, auu
Herman, his confederate, to six years and
eleven months. The cases of the woman
have not been heard.
This annual catalogue of Harvard Col
lege will show the total number of students
to be 1,8S'J against l.WKl last year, aiiis is
a rise of 24." against 223 last year.
OiJVER Ditso.v, whose name is a uuuso
hold word wherever music is sung or
taught, died on the 21st at Boston, aged
seventy-seven years. His death was due
to brain trouble.
The Congrossi mal Immigration Investi
gation Committee opened Its inquiry at
Pittsburgh, Pa., on the 21st
Ttv ihA rtr n inor of k train near Houston,
Tex., the other day, three men w ere killed
and four seriously injured.
ti iDTtiriift r At. Knir. furniture dealers of
Fort Worth, Tex., have assigned, with
$30,000 liabilities and 54,000 assets.
South Carolha has finally passed a bill
o-ivlnsr th Railroad Commission power to
fix rates of transportation for freight and
passengers, to prevent unjust discrimina
tion, etc.
The house of Martin Regan, three mile
north of Huntington. W. Va., was burned
to the ground the other night, and Regan's
two children and nis agea mumer cm
burned to death.
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS,
XII IS KAST.
Ut'HSEbt. Ilnn!HO and Chri Magee,
Ihn I'ittsbnrirli Republican leader, deny
1hat ?i'),(MH sent to Indiana by Pittsburgh
manufacturer was misappropriated by
wovounLT Indiana llemibiicatl.
Tuir KTMilient iiin of llenrv (". lVrlev and
Jl. F. lvixotio ftir membership in a Ke
iutd ieti "lub :it New York were re ieeted
jeconlly on thfl ground that the applicants
', ,f .ui.,tt 1 i ii il i t :eiin
Trk divorces suit of Pauline Hall, the
tictress, nnint her ntiKbaml, Mr. v nite,
t ame up in court nt New York on the 17th
Jbut bad to be postponed on account of the
rtion-arviv.il of 1etiniony from London.
Jnfidelily is charged on both tildes.
Tiik coal boat Coal Valley, owned in
' 'Tittsburnh, was sunk on the Ohio river
tho other day by striking a hugo log.
(iltit at dania was reported at Scran
ton, on tm lth, caused by heavy
Jams ai l a rite in the Ii.tckawanna river.
3atuase was aNo reported at Carlisle and
AVllket'oiirrw. l- the more Eastern State
A blizai.l wa reporU'd on the satuo date,
Sll'.Mi'irAl. circles in Philadelphia are
Inucti toui up by n statement made by Mr.
lira ham, a member of the Select Council,
hat he had been otTVied boodle to further
kin elevated t nitroad scheme.
! THttk'K wo.klueii were killed bv the
iblowing out of n furnace nt the ' Kdsur
(Thompson steid w oi ks ut 1 iltsburgh, 1 ;u,
hewther ni).'.ht. The molten metal was
hrown over their Isxlic almost toasting
hem'alive.
1 AsO'IH:i l a biss Dkiiaii, the spiritu
Klist, w a released from ;iackwellV island
n the lsth, where she had In-en Cotitined
l-ix month for defrauding Lawyer Marsh.
It Is reported that n combination of all
the electric 1 1 lit in'eie-its i. being ar
ranged for with a capital of 1:!.imi,i.
3:dison light stock h:is I fen s'eadily rising
im the StvH'k I'.xchnnse and hai reached
Qvtrr. a violent shock of earthquake was
felt in Washington and Warren Couutie,
. Y., on the l',Uh. No damage was done.
CH ER two hundred cases of diphtheria
nre repot ted in the co.int ies of Lancaster,
J'.oTktt and Lehigh, Pennsylvania.
. John Mvkiis IVilil'Mts was lunged re
Ventl.v at Hacken-ae':, N. J.. fur the mur-
ler of ins son, John lli;iit Poi emu. J une
T. The son win pr-de.-tin hi mother
from hi drunken tal hei 's alni-e v. hen ho
va ulabbo t t . dent ti.
Tu Jury at H 'sti.n in the cteofMis.
Jt'rble BKinst Hn'r; tin 1 Waller, utock
' )rokers, to recover - , 'i.ood allege i to have
'!een lost in speculation bv hi'r sou, have
te'reed Viicn a ve. did in favor of the
b.'iaintiff for ? U.TT.'.
Pl'RIN" til" rev;sio.i f trie fn-i-c lawsof
,'ev Yol k St. itc. by n co uissn.n, Hev.
r. How ai d Cro - b .liM.iiui'oillii'iiMnpn
r who south' tt. titttiiw lite Sabbath.
TbK N?w oi k . mo? .l I : .1 a ; u-
!' t:nl s irv I o:n l iti:ap..i:, n.i..
lvitb refervn-.'ito u C3::i UJ.'J totsas::i-
.ttbPrSier.t tlncr .vjcismwhii-
XUE WEST.
Frank T. Kwkexkt, tire marshal of tha
Town of Lake, a suburb of Chicago, com
mitted suicide recently by cutting hU
throat. He was an Andersonville prison
veteran.
Tu much ton tried Lindauer litieation at
Chicago has finally been put in shape for
settlement by an agreement, ine prcscu
receiver and assignee will retire.
Aw Indian Territorial convention was
held at Baxter Springs, Kan., on the 18th,
which wa well attended by delegates
from Western cities and also by chiefs of
variout Indian tribe. Strong resolutions
lvocatingthe opening of the .territory
were passed.
Two French hunters who leii, neiena,
Mont., October '!.", on an expedition up the
Missouri river, have been found drowned
in the upper river.
Charlks Gordon & Co., wholesale deal
ers In furniture and carpets, Chicago, have
failed with unknown assets and liabilities.
Tiiirtkex loaded coal cars were wrecked
near Cattle Creek, Mich., recently, on the
Cincinnati, Jackson ct Mackinaw railway.
Conductor Lincoln was fatally hurt.
Mrs. Anna Shoots, of anesviue, u.,
who hml Keen on trial at Cambridge for
two week was acquitted of the charge of
poisoning her little (laugnter. iwo oiner
indictments for murder are still penuing
against her.
Ax entire business block in Iron Mount
ain, Mich , wa destroyed by fire the other
morning, causing a los or .t),UW to seven
firreo.
Tin Minnesota official returns are: For
President Harrison. 142,4!2: Cleveland,
10J,:K; Fisk, 1-v'lll; Streeter, 1,0J7. For
Governor Merriai, ueputiiican, i-i,.w.?;
Wi'son. Democrat. 110.2.'1: Harrison. Pro
hibition, 17,(2t; 1'aul, Labor, 3S.i; scatter
ing, 72. Four years ago mama's plurality
u Ua di fi-Ni? now Harrison's uluralitv is
3,107. The Republicans gain three Con
gressmen.
Lkk It. Sanborn & Son, lumbermen or
Alpena. Mich., have made an assignment
w ith !r7. HKJ liabilities.
Thr otlicer of the order of Railroad
Conductor denv that the California re
volt is of any importance, and state that
the new order is orgauizea to amnaie wicn
brotherhoods which believe in siriKes.
Ukv la; a in Khret. editor in chief of the
Christian fitamlard, of Cincinnati, and an
intimate friend of the late President Gar
field, died recently.
The fire in the great copper mine ai
Calumet, Mich , is out, but the shaft is still
closed because of gas.
The Ostrander Manufacturing Company
of Ostrander. Wis., has made an assign
ment with ifWl.OOO liabilities.
rnmi itA Wiliiitk'si residence in Haugh-
ville, Ind., wa w recked recently by an ex
plosion of natural gas ana airs. nune
fa1allyburned.
Thk execution of the condemned aia
Knobliers has been postponed to February
IS next. Governor Morehouse ordered the
postponement at the solicitation of Judge
Hubbard, who tried tne cases.
Thk onlv re.iuest General Harrison made
of the committee in charge of his inaugu
ration was that the veteran or uis oia In
diana regiment should act as his body
guard.
President Thomas, or the suspenuea
California Natioual Hank of San Fran
cisco, has issued a statement, showing as
sets of .7ix,000. Ho claimed the liabilities
amounted to the same figures.
The two small children or Mrs. stair,
colored, living in Indianapolis, Ind., were
burned to death the other morning during
the absence of tlvsir mother.
nn. S. A. Richmond, who murdered Col
onel J. W. Strong, editor of tho St. Joseph
llernlil, June 1, l's has returned irom
Camargo, 111., to the asylum at St. Joseph,
Mo.
Hi-ntkr. iailer of Port Town-
send, Wash. T., was overpowered, gagged
and relieved or his keys ana pistois oy
five prisoners the other night before he
could raise an alarm. The prisoners made
their escape, locking the jailer in a cell.
Thk six story picture frame factory of
Strobel fc Co., Cincinnati, burned early on
tho morning ot tne X'-'d. several ureiuen
killed or fatallv wounded by falling
walls, also two bystanders. Los, heavy.
The building was burned a year ago.
The Supremo I ourt or unio nas oecmeu
that the creditors of the late Archbishop
Fin-cell can not cause tne sale or i ne cnurcn
property w hich wa in his name at the
time of hi death to pay tue hwiu,i ne
hehl in trust for his parishioners.
l?v the exnlosion of a holler in Kmm-nt
.e- km.' fa. torv. Mount Vernon. Ind.. re
cently one man was killed nnd four fatally
in iured.
Corporal Wilmam Wellington, troop
G, Tenth cava.ry, shot and mortally
wounded Sergeant James Logan at Fort
Giant, Ariz., recent y.
GENERAL.
Troubles were expected on the isthmus
of Panama owing to the financial diffi
culties of the Canal Company. A French
ship of war has been ordered to Colon.
All parts of Australia are enthusiastic
ally in favor of the proposed cable from
Australia to Vancouver, British Colum
bia. It is rumored in Berlin that the Emperor
William is meditating the wholesale re
tirement of aged Generals, the promotion
of junior officers and a reorganization of
the military department.
A MAIL bag containing $050 in cash and
several letters of money was stolen from
the railroad station at Ottawa, Ont., re
cently and not a clew has been found to it.
Gladstone left England on the 19th for
hi trit, to Italv. He was enthusiastically-
cheered by great crowds all along the
road.
Base-ball was played at Sydney, N.'S
AV., on the lihh. The score was All
imAri. fi- Chicae-o. 3.
T nw fi. &. O. directory, it is said.
will Bcrflin commence the old asreressive
policy of the road. New extensions have
been mapped out.
Ktv farmers started to cross the river to
Montreal on the ice during the recent
storm. They were not heard irom ana 10
was feared they broke through and per-
lilllfill. is---
Thk lower-house ot tiie 'Austrian Reichs
rath has suspended trials by jury in fif
teen Judicial districts under the Anarchist
law.
The negotiations between the Norfolk &
Western and Richmond Terminal Compa
nies have fallen through.
The Cbittagong Hill tribes-in India have
raided the low lands and killed several
person. An expedition consisting of 1,20'J
men has started to punifeh them.
Beriocs storms were reported off the
Pacific coast on the 10th. Fears were ex
pressed concerning several colliers from j
Fuget Sound. .
Considerable dissatisfaction was ex
pressed in England. at the. action of the
1'rince of Wales in securing the disband
nient of the Honorable Artillery Company,
a military company formed 350 years ago.
Thk- workmen on the Eiffel tower, which
is being constructed as one of the features
of the exhibition next year in Paris, have
gono on a strike.
The Wiener Tayblatt says that 1,000 Aus
trian and German subjects w ere expelled
from Warsaw one day recently. No rea
son was assigned.
The London Standard thinks the recenb
change in the Baltimore & Ohio manage
ment not conducive to honest manage
ment. Several American newspapers take
the same view. ,
The British forces attacked Osinan Dig
na'a trenches investitigSuakim on the 20th
and drove out the Arabs, killing 400. The
British and Egyptian losses were six killed
and about thirty wounded.
The Independence Beige, oi Brussels, an
nounces that President and Mrs. Cleve
tonrl will visit Eurona soon after the ex
piration of Cleveland's terra of ofiice and
that they will remain tor some time in
thot flt.V.
Tint French steamship Marseilles, which
sailed from Bordeaux, November 25, for
New Orleans direct with a full cargo or
merchandise and :toK passengers, was sev
eral days overdue and fears for her safety
were entertained.
A dispatch was received in London on
the 21st from St. Thomas, West Africa,
stating that Stanley and Emin Pasha had
oi.u-cl on th Aruwimi. Tinpoo Tib also
sent word to Zanzibar that the explorers
were safe.
A chemist's assistant named Pastre
Beaussier has boon arrested charged with
poisoning sixteen person in Havre,
France. It is suppoed that his motive for
the crime was a desire to ruin his em
nlover ami obtain the business himself.
Business failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended December 20 numbered
311 as against 303 tha previous week and
200 the corresponding week of last year.
Bands of brigand are reported scour
ing Epirus. Several villages have been
raided and the Christian inhabitants mas
sacred. The Ttirkis i official. are helpless.
A MISSISSII Pi ItlYER HORROR.
TUB SOCTII.
A race war was reported at Wahalak,
Miss., on the 17th, caused by the killing
and wounding of about ten white men in
an attempt to arrest a negro.
The latter and his friend took to the
swamps and armed whites from all quar
ter were ariiving to exact vengeance.
Rewards of l.'"') have been olfered for
the capture of t he Duck Hill (Miss.) tram
robbers.
Minkrsi of the Texas Pacific Coal Com
pany in Eiath County attacked tho store
house recently during the strike troubles
and ridd'e 1 it with bill e!s. The new men
were badlv beaten. The Governor wa
appealed to.
Race troubles ure reported in the vicinity
of Jack.om. Tenti. A white man was
fatally wounded in one of the conflicts and
several negries were stabbed.
W. W. Smith, one of fie Justices ot the
Arkausas Supreme Court, died the other
iiijiht at Little Hock from consumption.
An inventory of the estate of the late A.
S. Abell, founder of the Baltimore ',
wa probated recently. Hy his will the
.Sun newspaper was bequeathed absolutely
to his three sons. The total appraised and
assessed va'ue of the estate, not including
the good wl l of the Baltimore Sun, is $.",
Of.7.7ti.Vi;t. Various gratuities amounted to
..-XVi.
JiDtiK Epmi nd Wahduli, Jr. Repub
t;..o -,. li. lit for Congress in the Third
I Virginia district, has served contest no
tice on George D. Wise on the ground of
i ob-t ruction of voter.
j "IIcm.ky Jot:," the luted New York
; conliiUr.ce man. his Uen sent to th
j Mdiylaud j eniientiai y fortune year for
; swindling a Baltimore man out of .",iXK..
' The three-year-old bay tolt Galorca,
I fani-i.i vouog English racer, has been
: purchased bv Am icsn for7.00-. Milton
t Young, ot Kentucky, l.a offeied ilOKK)
; for toi y, brother cf Oimonde.
Thk executive committee of the National
Kpubl.citi Le:ig.ie l u- ca'U-d the Na
i tional ci:iv-iitii.ii for Ktl.raiuy -S and
Maith 1 at lU!t!!iuc.
A m iv pi.ieti-.ik h.-! I roVn out on tfce
- lwuitiiit: vf U:.' i.-'V.:r YJ' jwr.es
i ; r ml it sfread. UK .v i:a Kraut ui-fi'.w,
i 1 Jv' tu ,:u4 it taeturviat and jaw.
Tli Steamer Kate Aim Burned
Twenty to Fifty llve LoM-Orer
llOO Ilalett of fi t on DeMroyed.
Mfmpis. Tknn.. Dec. 23. The quiet of the
Mni.hnt.h was broken bv news of a steam
boat disaster rivaling that of the Golden
City in loss of life and sensational details.
The ill-fated craft iu this instance was the
Kate Adams, which has been accorded tho
name of the ' Queen of the Fort." For six
years she plied the river betw een Arkansas
City and Memphis. Now she lies a charred
and blackened wrec k on the muddy bottom
of the Mississippi, w ith only her stem post
showing above the water. Her cargo is
either burned or floating down the river.
Her more precious freightage of souls is
almost equally broken and scattered. The
loss of life is variously estimated at from
twenty to fifty, including the third clerk
ami two white cabin passengers, several
white deck passengers, and the rest col
ored. The exact number cannot yet be
learned. The lire roke out on the lar
board side of the loat while many of the
passengers w ere nt breakfast, nnd as the
iKinny Ento was steaming merrily along
just "below Commerce, Miss., forty miles
Memphis. In loss than fifteen miuutes the
fastest craft in these waters was up more.
The Knte Adams was just sibc yeWs old
when the ignition of a cotton bale sent her
to the bottom of the river on w hose bosYtm
she so proudly floated. She was worth
fully 7.",HiO, having bad repairs costing
nearly one-third of that amount put on her
within the year. She was insured ior
100 through St. Louis aud Cincinnati un
derwriters. But yesterday a tuing oi
beautv, she is gone to join the fleet that
lies dow n in the muddy w aters of the great
liver, shorn of all her fair proportion.
The following is a list of those who are
known to have been drowned: GeorgeCor
bett, third clerk; Andrew Reese, cabin
watchman; James Nelson, texas tender;
Monroe Jackson, burner tender; Senator'
Coleman, seend pantryman; Andrew
Mays, third pantryman; Ililliard Hort n,'
barber: Joe Portr, roustabout; Leo Fin
by, roust al out : Frauk Webs, roustabout.
All the at ove except Corlsytt were colored.
liwii-couiited for: W. A. Covington,
planter, Bolivar county, Ml.; Sainue
Robiusou, saloonkeeper, Friar's Point,
Miss.
The iujtired: Mr. T. J. Brown, Laconia,
Ark., aukle sprained; Capt. John W. Har
ris, Memphis, lower spiue broken by fctage
pl.uik falling on him, and internal injuries
thought tile fatal; Richard Young, as
sivtiuif engineer, severely- bruised on the
low er liuil.s and b.-.l v. A number of ne
ftoei whose names could not be learned
v.iTe ii. ore cr h ?s !erioi)i-lv injurett.
'ihe cargo consisted of 1J1 t-als of -t-tcn.
V7 I .-3 . c ;ttC Had I'M sacks cot-'
t..n bccd.'a'l of wi..-h was .CBs-'rcd,-f)
Mwtupul. Th ft t ton va -trisarti a I ?'
a bale, ..-.'" j
M. IT. Ingalls & Co's wholesale boot and
shoe house, at Louisville, Ky., was burned
out a few nights ago. Loss, $40,000; in
surance, f33,000.
John Hughes, a farmer residing near
Fredonia, Ky., was struck on the head by
a falling tree, a few evenings since, and
so badly injured that he died in short
time. "
A passenger train on the Ohio Valley
railroad was wrecked at Marion, Ky., a
few evenings since. One passenger car
was demolished and Conductor Coleman
was fatally injured.
TiVin -p TtjiVer. a German laborer, com
mitted suicide at Louisville, Ky., a few
. . i. tT. V. .1
days ago, by taking morpmne. no uu
been drinking ana mistreating rus mumj
Tittir -married a second time, drove
his children fromhome and then quarreled
witn nis wire.
' A shooting affray occurred recently a
few miles from Grand Coteau, La. Two
men' are reported kina ana several
seriously wounded. The participants
were all white.
Thomas Davis, a farmer from Graves
County, fell through the trap dopr of an
omen elevator shaft in the -second story of
Davis' grocery at Faducah, Ky., a few
days agp. His back struck the edge of a
tub in his descent. Surgeons said he could
not recover from-his injuries.
The finding on the bank of the river of
the personal effects of Major R. N. Big
ger, one of the four victims of the Euro
pean Hotel fire in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
November 12, confirms the suspicions of
the police that the burning of the hotel
followed Bigger's robbery and perhaps
murder. The officers believe they have a
clew which will lead to the arrest of the
criminal.
The caving-in of the river bank at St.
Joseph, La., has extended beyond the
line of the protection levee laid off by the
Government engineers to protect the par
ish from an overflow while work is in
.- , ... - , -f...','
progress at iiara i mies uu
Point. Prompt action is required to pre
vent disastrous results.
f'. Pvbnm was arrested at White -
side, Tenn , recently for the murder of
John Frost, whose dead body was found
near a saloon on the Georgia ana xeu
T.inA Pvbum nleads innocence;
The relief committee at Gainesville,
m., tt-iii tii,-Ti to the donors the sur
plus funds subscribed to yellow fever
enfforcra. 411 factories nave resumcu
icnrV on1 tmirifita ne uourinir in
Tho Smith r-Aroiinn." Senate recently re
jected the bill to establish the home for
ilia 1 "1 , 1 i-1 rfTtf AlllVA. ie soldiers and
sailors, and passed a bill amending the
present pension laws ly nmiiMi r
oTiiaiirit if lift id annuallv to'-.'K'0,000.
rt' ' . i - 1 . .. . 1 . . . watiA TI
ine rour nicies netfcoeri, - - -
gaged iu the recant bloody fight, v-re ar
raigned for trial in Jackson, Tenn., a.few
days ago. Through their attorneys tiiey
waived pxamination. and bond was fixed
at !-l,000. The trial was postponed to await
the result of Peter Brown's injuries.
Near Elizabethtown, Ky., a few days
ago, Riley Spencer and John Henderson
quarreled. Spencer hit Henderson over
the head with a bludgeon, and Wash Hen
derson, who was standing by, shot Spen
cer dead. Henderson gave himself up!
Spencer leaves a family.
John Isham was shot and killed in the
eastern portion of Putnam County, Tenn.,
a few days ago, by Joseph Hudgins. Hud-
gins reproved' lsham lor aisorueny con
duct, whereupon Isham shot at him. Hud
gins securecTa gun and till odlsham's body
with shot.
A meeting of melon-growers of South
Carolina was held at'Blackville a few
days ago, to form a watermelon alliance
or trust. The melon-growing region ex-
onrlc from Rranchville to Aususta, Ga.,
along the line of the South Carolina rail
road, and is embraced in Barnwell and
Aiken counties. Last year the shipments
were over 2,000,000 melons. Colonel M.
Brown was elected president.
The farmer element in tne csoutri Caro
lina Legislature won another substantial
victory over the lawyers, a few days ago,
when the Senate passed, oy a vote oi n iu
15, the House bill accepting the bequest
to the State by the late l nomas u. weui
son, John C. Calhoun's son-in-law, of the
Calhoun homestead at Fort Hill, for the
purpose of establishing an exclusively
agricultural college.
Captain A. J. White, a well-known rail
way man, died at his home near Milner,
Ga., a few days ago. After the war he
became president of the Macon & West
ern railway, 'and later accepted the presi
dency o the Savannah, Griffin & North
Alabama railroad. These positions he
held until the roads were leased to the
Central in 1871. He was also one of the
original lessees of the Western & Atlantic
railroad from the State. He was seventy
four years of age.
The cotne?-stone of the Good Samaritan
tr,-u..;t1 for colored neonle. was laid at
Charlotte, N. C, a few days since, in the
presence of quite a number of people,
i.h u-iitfl and black. The buildinsr of
this hospital has been undertaken by white
persons entirely, and is unaer tne au-
spices of the Episcopallchurch. Both white !
and colored clergymen assisted at the cer
emony and made short addresses. The
colored clergymen expressed, on behalf
of their race, their gratitude at such an
evidence of true religion and charity.
Great excitement was occasioned a few
days since near the South Carolina line,
on the road leading from Charlotte, N. C,
to Rock Hill. James Anderson, a farmer,
discovered the head of a man in the mid
dle of the road. The head seemed to have
been severed with a sharp instrument,
being smoothly cut from the shoulders.
It had not been identified, but appeared to
be the head of a young white man, about
t...o,,f-fii.- vpars old. havinur black hair
and mustache. The trunk had not been
discovered at last account.
Two wlute men, AY R. Walker and W.
T. Melton, got into a dispute about a
woman on the street in Selma, Ala., a few
days ago. - John Riggs, a bartender, tried
...l.v, n, ,H,;tiirl:nee- Melton reached
over Riggs' shoulder and slapped Walker
and the latter drew his pistol ana nreu.
m, bi in tied in front of the pistol to try
and prevent the shooting, but too late, and
the ball entered his abaonien Killing mm
almost instantly, the Dan aisowouuue.
Melton in the leg.
Prepare to welcome the New Year.
Jupiter Newbuni, a colored farmer of
f.A,n fount V. Fla.. eicrhtv-five years of
SLAUGHTER AT SUAKIM.
A Bloody Battle FoaKht with tho Arabs
and Dervishes Intrenched Around guak.
im The Allied British and Egyptian
Forces Win a Sijrual Victory, Complete
ly Routing the Enemy with Fearful
Slaughter.
BRILLIANT VICTORY FOB THE BRITISH J&iD
' EGYPTIANS.
T nvTinv rioi. on niarathea from Sua-
vim ciatni)i9t rieeisivn battle has been
I I1 O VI W UU V u
fought in which the rebels have been
worsted and dislodged from their posi
tT, TV, finiit tnoV nliwo to-rlav. The
combined force of the Egyptians and
.... . ., . . 1 V. 1
Britasnmaae an attacK upon i.uo reueis.
Thev stormed the redoubts and trenches.
and after a half hour's brilliant
fighting the enemy was driven into
the bush, completely routed. The
i-aVibi . loss" is estimated at a
A Villed with larfire numbers
wounded. The loss to tho British and
Egyptians is slight. The British forces
now encamp in - the position recently ire-f-nnied
bv the rebels.- The victory to the
Tlmieh urma -hr r-omnlete. Later dis-
pjXehes state that -tho- British had four
men killed and two -grounded in a cavalry
rharm. l hfl Kp-vTvrian DiacK resinituis
made a brilliant charge upon the enemy's
. . t ' 1 1 3 J$
trenches, m wnicn two were itiiieu aim
thirty wounded. Only two Egyptian om
. ,, , . i .. i
cers were wounaea. ine eauriiw
now stated to be 4'X).
PARTICULARS OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
ThA Xtindard,s Suakim correspondent
sends the following particulars of the en
gagement: At half -past four this morning
the man-of-war Racer opened the battle
Vivr chellinfi' the enemy's irencnes. lira
ships up the coast followed suit, and
ion,io,i ,-iarties who lichted fires and
placed dummies in position. This had
the effect or aeceiving tne enemy
coming from Handeule. The whole force
mTA,i townrd the enemv'a left flank with
a naval detachment with machine guns
nn.l Aapnlnj nnd moil nted infantrv. scout
ing and protecting the flanks and rear.
Two lines comprising wattaiions in uouuio
companies rushed towaras tne leis corner
of the enemv's trenches, the British in
fantry and Egyptian reserves lining the
embankment between tne waier ions.
General Grenfell and Staff OCCU-
a -rioaition to the left' of the
urator foi-ts. From five o'clock heavy
salvos of guns and mortars from every
fort bore on the trenches.
BEGAN BEFORE DAW.V.
Tioforn dawn this mornine the British
man-of-war Starling and an Egyptian
steamer moved up the coast with orders to
cover the rebels at HandouD. At aay-
hrelr the forts opened fire upon
the rebel trenches, and the troops
i to the attack, the black brigade
on the right flank and the cavalry and the
mounted infantry covering them. ' The
K.ottwh tionierevs. the AVelsh reeiment
and the Egyptian brigade occupied an
Mmbnnkment between the forts, the Brit
ish infantry being held in reserve. The
f.. ;ac)iollpil the trenches, keeping up a
terrific fire. The enemy held their ground
lv until the black brigade
charged the trenches, which fell
after an hour's fighting. The rebels
atiral braverv. Two or
the enemy's guns were captured, lna
naval brigade aidspienum woi..
.T,. cviira i -c?l FOUR HUNDRED.
1 1 1 P. i. .... .1. t .J "V. ' -
'from Suakim dated
11:25 a.m. says that th? enemy's loss is
100. The Hussars were n.t that time still
pursuing the fleeing -rabs. The trenches
are nearly "- nd two?mPonu?'. r"
tlimhrc rCJ UCiUii wuui. aav -
f t.h Kritish and Ea'VDtiaiis are in
t Thev wUl bivouac on the field
of. battle to-night, the naval force with
machine guns remaining in tne irencues.
THE BLACK TROOPS FOUGHT NOBLY.
t .inrnnv Tiec. 4o. The dispatches re
seived by the Central News from Suakim
feature of the fight to
day was the determined rush of the black
t nf Kn-ntians upon tne uer-
vishes. The latter lougnt wim isanurai
,,rii dv ne in ine ireiicues.
a r,a i mn the Hussars maae a oriinauu
charge and the dervishes dismounting
from their horses, pianieu vueu f"
to receive them, ua swept wo nussm
:i... oi-nliinehe. ridinir down the
lie. il 1 . . . , - .
j.i..i, o-l cIt-v half of whom were killed
Uti ,u v"... J -- . ,
The Hussars immediately reiormeu auu
made a renewed charge on the remaining
j,.iui,. vrhn then fled precipitately.
A large portion of the rebels were absent
from to-day's tignt. iney are ramiuun a.
Handoub and the wells beyond. It is be
lieved that the rebels will bo reinforced
and will renew the attack soon.
T FTP", SLAUGHTER AT SUAKIM
London, Dec. 21 The victory which
... , ot Suakim vesterdav by the com-
u;a fr. of the British and Egyptians,
does not cause that enthusiasm in London
which usually follows such an event, ine
jin..it.inihi( losses of the sides en-
eased in the unequal struggle proves the
affair to have Deen meie uloa-uoiv,
robs the event of the ordinary elements
attending a battle. The British public is
..nncii in Rvmnathv with the expedi-
UUU CU'lufs" - V 1 - -
s.i.Hm tr, bo delichted to learn
HUll lib . m i. &
that, four hundred Arabs have been shot
j i nioniT others wounded bv a
UOVVll alii aij , , .
tartrpr force of tnglisn soiuiers, po
sesssing superior arms auu duic"
(t; to those ot tueir enemy.
uruiio. ho npws mav serve to
cheer the government and sustain them in
pursuing their present course at Suakim,
fair-minded Englishmen deprecate the
.i,i,(or and do not consider that the
C 1 n ii S iA v ' ... .
victory adds any luster to the British
arms. The comparatively enormous w
.x- jn.,oi,iia is hipflv due to the ter-
Ol LllT Klil , i ...... . j
rible execution of the improved machine
guns, which were usea witn muraerous t-i-ti,o
dnpniv's arms were poor in
comparison to those of the British and
fl tho former's num-
bers werS small also. The powerful
tribes about Suakim did not render
to the dervishes,
preferring to await the result of
tk.d.uin tim irMiohP9 in front of the
1 1! O ilUi A . ' ' ' " ,
town be?ore making an alliance with the
Arabs. One of the Star's headlines over
buttle reads: "Four
Hundred Natives Killed Without Cause."
Ird Salisbury justifies his course cy tne
terms of the Treaty or fans, wnereoy r-o
gland is bound to uphold the Turkish sm
lire, of which fcgypt la a part.
A Homely Subject with a Spiritual
Application.
Mankind Lifted From tha Brlck-Klln of
Wrong-Dolnj: to the Glorious Full-
ty of the Religion of Jesas
and m Better Lit.
age, with one ox ana no neip, nas i
this year and gathered three heavy bales
of cotton, l'W bushels of corn, HO bushels
of potatoes, NX) JKnnd.si of fodder, 900
pounds of pork and 100 bushels of pea
uuts. j Mrs. Elizabeth Cobb, of Marysville, Ky., '
i if report be true, is on many accounts a
i wonderful woman. Her age is put down
I as lit! years; she has had seventeen chil
! dren, all of whom are living, and together
i more than .UK) descendants, of whom 173
i assembled lately at her home to celebrate
j Ler birthday.
! White Caps ure causing ex. itemeut ia
: Lamar County, Ala.
Tho .ipamer T. Bark.-dale. of the Barisot
I Line, with bales of cotton, 1.200 sacks
' of seed, togetber-with the books andpa
! pers of the boat, was burned recently at
! Hendrick's Landing, ou the Yazoo river.
I Not more than rive bales of cotton were
saved. The boat was valued at .i2,Q0O.
Thp cotton was insured at Vr bale
i The seed was also iuured.
! The body of a uiurtb'i-t-d mau was !" inl,
ufew dai ago. a few hundred yard fioni
la fclotu on tiit Ceorgia and lenaree
iiae. EeerTt?ntciE. Ga. The victiai' n-iras
' wa Frot:. TernesSee oticars wsre
i titf-v the man wi,o i .ipViOcd xa Lav
killed liuik ' '
A Valual ' Colt.
Locisville, Ky., Dec. 20. It is report
Ten dinar between
TLI VUab ut w vxv ,
Higgin, the California turf man, and
Bryant & Scoggan, owners of the great
two-year-old Proctor Knott, which, dur
4ntv,i dimmer months, won the Junior
.ml Pntiiritv stakes. Haggin
Wliauiyiwi "
--.a v,. offered JKS.ODO for the
gelding, and the owners have signified
that .sn.ooo wouia aooui urcuic
' A rrrvresentative of Haggin is said
n.iitn tn dicker with Bryant &
c... Th laiter were offered WO.fllJO
ii' "i.11" . -
for 1'roctor Knott just before the race for
the Futurity btakes.
4n Inmilt to tle HfC Itebnkul.
Macon, Ca., Dec. 20. On Tuesday night
some uuknown jarties nailed a large
United States flag, Union down, to a tele
phone pole in this city. Yesterday the at
tention of the officers of the United States
Supreme Court was called to the matter,
and by direction of Judge Speer the
United States marshal removed the flag
and ran it up over the United States build
ing. Judge Sper strongly reprobated tha
conduct of the persons who had placed
thi indigniiy upon the Natioual ensign,
and eaid' that eurh occurrences gave a
character to tha (Southern people which
they d-ii cot deserve, and alluded ia for
cible trriii-i to tn blessings and adraa.
Uses th ioy!e undsi tie fla.
rtav t rWitfc Talmape took for tn
in the Brook
lyn Tabernacle "Lifted From the Brick
kilns," predicating ms discourse uu mo
following text:
Though ye have lain among the pots, yet
shall ye be as the wings of a dove, covered with
silver, and her learners wren yuow Buiu.
Psalms lxviiL. 13.
T svmnose vou know what the Israelites
did down in Egyptian slavery. They made
bricks. Amid the utensils of the brick
kiln there were also other utensils of
cookery the kettles, the pots, the pans,
ihpv T.rTared their daily food
nitu " "'-M J t , - ,
and when these poor slaves, tired of the
day's work, lay down to rcsi, iucj iajr
down amid the implements of cookery
and the implements of hard work. When
t .i ,i
they arose in tne morning mo iuu
their garments covered witn ine ciay, aim
the smoke, and the dust, and besmirched
and begrimmed with the utensils ot cook
ery. But after awniie tne iuora uru&o up
that sla very,and He took these poor slaves
into a land where they had better garb
bright and clean and beautiful apparel.
No more bricks ior mem 10 iuaw,
Pharaoh make his own bricks, when
Tia.-i A in mir xt. comes to aescrioe me
XI L,.' 1. J
.noi-ir,n rf thoen noor Israelites from
l axi3iiiiiu . j . Mr
their bondage amid the brick-kilns into
the glorious emancipation ior wuiuu
had prepared tnem, ne says: auouSu
ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye
be as the wings or a dove, covereu mm
silver, and her feathers witnyeiiow guiu.
Miss AVhately, the author of a cele
brated book, "Life in Egypt," said she
sometimes saw people in tne ruaai woo
ing their food on tne tops oi nouses,
that she had often seen, just before sun
down, pigeons, doves, wnicn naa, uur ui8
the heat of the day, been hiding among
the kettles and the pans with which the
food was prepared, picking up me crumua
that they might find, just about the hour
of sunset spread their wings and fly heav
enward, entirely unsoiled by the region in
which they had moved, ior tne pigeon is
iiv tiird. And as the pigeons
flew away the setting sun would throw sil
ver on their wings ana goia on me"
t . un von cpa it was not a far-
fetched simile, or an unnatural compari
son, when David in my text says lO U1U80
emancipated Isaelites, and says to all
those who are brought out of any kind of
trouble into any kind or spiritual joy:
"Though ye have lain among the pots, yet
shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered
with silver, and her reamers wim jemm
SOW." . . 4
Sin is the hardest or au iasK.masii.
nr.. than Phnrnoh it kee.DS us trudging,
trudging in a most degrading service ; but
after awhile Christ comes, and He says:
"Let my people go," and we pass out from
nn th Ivriclr-Kims or Sin lUUO mo tiu-
... .
rious liberty of the oospei we put ou mo
clean robes of a Christian profession,
and when at last we soar away to tne
warm nest which God has provided for us
in Heaven, we shall go fairer than a dove,
its wings covered with saver auu its
feathers covered with yellow gold.
' ja -oirvar to pro&ch something which
v . .. j it. . i ,.
Some Ot you dO noi UVuere, i-; j.io. j.,
that the rrandest possible adornment is
the religion of Jesus jnrisi. mere ro
great many people who suppose that re-
ligion is a very dirrereni iniug num
s ...ii in The. reason men condemn the
Bible is because they do not understand
the Bible; they have not properiy
in.ii u rr Johnson said that Hume told
the. bishonric of Durham
Uliut'.'vva - m. p
that he had never particularly eiammeu
it, yet all nis lue warring agai"
inn nsirmnraicr. announced his SKep
- J 1 ' . , T--
ticism to Sir Isaac jNewton, ana oir xao
Newton said: "Now, sir, I have examined
the subiect and you have not, ana i am
ashamed that you, professing to oe a
whiiomiher. consent to condemn a thing
ha-iro nnver examined." And so men
- . ... n T I... I. .. ..ill.
reject the religion or jesus omioi, uni-ii
they really nave never mvrauKu .
Tim,, thinir ir. something obiectionable,
J. iiV ,1.1.... 1. -
something that will not work, something
Pecksniffian, something nypocmicai,
..,.,n,:ni Aiinlsive. when it is so bright
''1H1 1 ' i ' i ' 1 ' i . '
and so beautiful you might compare it to
a chaffinch, you mignt compare m i
nAt. vou miebt compare it
to a dove, its wings covered wun ui,
nd its feathers with yellow goia.
t hr ia it if voiinir man Decomeo a
i)Ui iiin '-' ' . " . J 1.
Christian? All through the cluh rooms
where he associates, all througn me ousi
ciil iiQ where ha is known, there is
iortinn Thevxav: "What a pity
i.iiiiiini -1 . .... - . - ,
that a young man who had such bright
prospects should so nave oecu ucwii
i. v.o. r'hriatinTis. trivinir ut all his
Li illi'n , n - ' -
worldly prospects for something which la
of no particular present worm
who becomes a Christian,
aj-f, - -
.... ; .i h0f ffliip. ner mauurio i i "
, I'll V , . , -
i (Via ilrnwinff-rnom. IS ow, an
I'UtU 1U V ' t . ' . . .
i n.t, tho fauhinxiable circles the whis
Li 11 1'Hi.il , , .
per goes : "What a pity that such abnght
light should have Deen euiuKiu",
l irait Khould be crippled,
eim. - - - -
that such worldly prospects duuuxu
i.-.f,i ' Ah mv friends, it can be
iiiri nn i . j .
hat reiiirion's ways are ways or
..l.i.ifi.itiiiiiiy nn d that all her paths are
i;n.auuiuv.I.j - . .
a..-' that, reliirion. instead of being
,i-v ,,ri rlolpfnl. and lachrymose, ana
i..: v,riirht. and rieauiliui. lanoi
rcLmwor, in r . -
than a dove, its wings covered with silver
and its feathers witn yenow goiu.
k.o in thA first r.lace. wnai ruiiKiuu
' i i , . i. . - i . ,
do for a man's heart. I care not now
cheerful a man may naturally oe Deroro
conversion, conversion brings him up to
a higher standard of cheerfulness. I do
con fhnt hn will 1HUL-U auy iuuu . , -
do not say but he may stand back from
nf hi arirr m wou:u no uu.v
BOIll 1. ' l iii .'i .. . . j
indulged, but there comes into his soul an
immense satisfaction. A young man not
a Christian depends on worldly successes
to keep his spirits up. Now he is prospered,
H'fyy un jic.t r - '
i arainitM. now lie has pleasaut
U UCfl Uiuui " T -
friends, now be has more money than Ua
knows bow to Hpenu; every mm 5"
wll witn mm. lUl inmuic
UllUb o-uv.. - - ,
house this morning who can lesiuy oui
.i.: o..i-i(.r.cA that some times to
lurii owix -
voulz men trouble does come his friends
are eone, his salary is gone, m i"-"" "
ItUUJ , V t vnn, x--j - ,
v,A i.istmPR Borietv. blame tne
church, blames every thing, rusnes, Vri
i .intni, ir,,Tiatini? mi) to drown his
ii d I ' l" i Hi' 1
trouble, but instead of drowning ms
trouble drowns hia tody ana arowns ms
knill.
But here is a Christian young man.
Twi.il.1 t omes to hiru. Does be give up?
If back on the re
tourers of Heaven. He says: "Ood is my
Father. Out of all these disasters 1 shall
ffw niv houI. All tba
rr.in f!brirtt is mine. Cans
, - r IfA ., v.n lit
mine. What though my apparel be worn
out? Christ gives me a robe of righteous
ness What though my money be gone?
I have a title deed to the whole universe
in Ihe promise: 'All are yours.' What
though my -worldly friends fall away?
Mim?u-Hfcg angels are my bodygnurd.
V, hat though ray fare bo poor and my
Uea.-y- t- JLt? I sit at the K.iu' bar-
II Or, what a per, t'"m,h1
d.i,. br-JMi. verfl.wu river f Ud
nAitrtA. T-idmq midwav In tne cnnsuan
hnart.i Sometimes von have eone out on
the Iron-bound beach of the sea when
there has been a storm on the ocean, and
you have seen the waves dash Into white
foam at your feet. They did not do you
any harm. While there you thought of
the chapter written by the Psalmist, and
perhaps you recited it to yourself while,
the storm was making commentary on the
passage: "God is our refuge and strength,
h1n in the time of trouble.
Therefore will I not fear though the earth
be removed and though the mountains be
carried into the midst of the sea; though
the waters thereof roar and be troubled ;
though the mountains shake with the
swelling thereof. Selah!" Oh, how in
dependent the religion of Christ makes a
man of worldly success and worldly cir
cumstances ! Nelson, the night before his
last battle, said : "To-morrow I shall win
Aithi- a reeraff- or a crave in Westmin
ster Abbey." And it does not make much
iffiiinpa tn th Christrian whether he
rises or falls in worldly matters; he has
everlasting renown anyway. Other plu-
he torn in the blast, but that
.Inmoil with Phrlatian nracc is fair
PViU mivi uvu - -
er than the dove, its wings covered with
Wor nnrl its foathcrS with VellOW gold.
You and I have found out that people
who pretend to be happy are not always
har,w. Tiok nt that vouna man carica-
,..i,.ni tho Christian relie-ion. scofflncr at
ururv thinir mind, eoine into roystering
1 1 , 1 1 T"! L" CI ,1 ,1 AOB. dasbintr the champagne
bottle to the floor, rolling the glasses from
the bar-room counter, laugumg, duou
the floor, shrieking. Is he
iXXfJ CI wv
happy? I will go to his midnight pillow.
Twill cab him turn the eas off. I will ask
n,,rair if th nil low on which he sleeps is
a anftnutnAiiillnw on which that pure
young man sleeps. Ahl no. When
he opens nis eyes in wie momms
will the world be as bright to
him as to that young man who re
tired at night saying his prayers,
invoking God's blessing upon his own
soul and the souls or nis comrades, auu
father and mother and brothers and sis
ters far away? No, no. His laughter will
ring out from the saloon so that you hear
it as you pass by, but it is hollow laugh
ter; in it is the snapping of heart-strings
and the the rattle of prison gates. Happy 1
that young man happy ! Let him fill high
the bowl ; he can not drown an upbraid
ing conscience. Let the balls roll through
the bowling alley; the deep rumble
and the sharp crack can not over
power the voices of condemnation.
Let him whirl in the dance
of sin and temptation and death. All the
brilliancy of the scene can not make him
forget the last look of his mother, as he
left home, when she said to him : "Now,
my son, you will do right, I am sure you
will do right; you will, won't your " mat
young man happy? Why, across every
night there flit shadows of eternal dark
ness ; there are adders coiled up iu every
cup; there are vultures of despair strik
ing their iron beak into his heart; there
eVui.if mi fi nfers of trrief ninchinc at
the throat. I come in amid the clinking
r,f the crln.sses and under the flashing or
th chandeliers, and I cry: "Woe! woe!
The wftv of the unirodly shall perish
There is no peace, saith my God to the
wifVnd The wav of trans pressors is hard."
nh m-ir friends, there is more ioy in one
cup of Christian satisfaction than in the
whole river of sinful delight. Other wings
mair tw rirAnched of the storm and
splashed of the tempest, but the dove
that comes in through the window of this
uoouAnW ni-v hns win its like the dove cov
ered with silver, and her feathers with
yellow gold.
a wHin t i-emiirV. rplimnn is an adorn
ment in the style of usefulness into which
it inducts a man. Here are two young
mon The one has fine culture, exquisite
wardrobe, plenty ot friends, great world
ly success, but he lives for himself. His
chief care is for his own comfort. He
lives uselessly. He dies unregretted.
Here is another young man. His apparel
may not be so good, nis education may
not bo so thorough. He lives for others
His happiness is to make others happy,
h is n seir-rienvinir as mai aying hoi
diAr. falline- in the ranks, when he said:
"Colonel, there is no need of those boys
tirincr thAinsAlvAs hv carrvincr me to the
hospital; let me die just where I am." So
this young man or wnom i speaic loves
God, wants all the world to love mm, is
not, ashamed to carry a bundle of clothes
up that dark alley to the poor. Which of
thosn vouncr men do vou aumirer ia
one a sham, the other a prince imperial
Oh, do you know of any thing, my hear
or- thnt. is more beautiful than to see a
vonn t man start out for Chrlstf Here IS
emit. nnA fnllinir- he lifts him nn. Here
is a vagabond boy; he introduces him to a
mission school. Here is a ramuy ireezmg
loath h a lorries them a scuttle of coal.
There are eight hundred million perishing
in midnight heathen darkness; oy au pon
HhlA ninnns ho tries to send to them the
Gospel. He may be laughed at, and ho
mav be caricatured, out ne is nor wuainea
to go everywhere, saying: "I am not
ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. It Is
the power of God and the wisdom of God
unto salvation." Mucn a young man can
ffAllirnnirh A.verV thinir. There is no force
i,i onrth or in hell that can resist him
i ;hnw von three snoctacles. Spectacle
th first - Nanoleon Basses bv with the host
that went down with him to Egypt, and up
with him through itussia, ana crossea mo
iiiiiilinp rtA on the hlcedinsr heart of which
ho mi hiu iron IiaaI. and across the aulv
or ntr nosh nf wii en no went KTinuinit iq
whooiu of bis fmn-carriaeres in his dying
moment asking his attendants to put on
his military noois ior nira.
Spectacle the second: Voltaire, bright
and learned, and witty and eloquent, with
tongue and voice ana stratagem lniernai,
warring against uoa ana poisoning wnom
immli.mn with bis infidelity, vet applaud
ed by the clapping hands of thrones and
empires and continents nis last worus, in
rtoiirinm KUDDosint; Christ standing by
the bedside his last words: "Crush that
wr.th 1"
RoArtacle the third: Paul Paul, insig
nificant in ierson, thrust out from all re
fined association, scourged, upai uu,
honn.lAil lite a wild beast from city to
city, yet tryintf to make the world good
and Heaven full; announcing resurrec
tion to those win mourned at the barred
trofou of the dead: sneakine consolations
which light up the eyes of widowhood, and
orphanage, and want with glow or certain
nn.l Aternal release: undaunted uerorw
those who could take his life, bis cheek
fl.,,wi with trnnstiort. and his eve on
,1 U1TUV14 . .w " I 1 '
Uaavn with nn band gbakinff uenanca
at all tno foes of eartb and all tbe prlnci-
t.liriia rT httll Ann WIT TI IQH niner
beckoning messenger angeis o conio ana
bear him away, as be says: I am now
ready to be offered, and the time or my
departure is at hand; I nave rougnt me
,.,.,i ffrrht T iav finished mv course. I
have kept the raiui; iienceionn inero i
laid up for me a crown or righteousness
wt.ir-h th I.rd. the righteous Judge, will
r .... ... tt
Whih fif tha three Knectucie u you
Ti.v.t admire WliAii Die wind or UealU
struck the conqueror aud the infidel they
w,-o t,.u.B,t l Va kf i'ii l u la a irrmru
.i....... i -.i ,.f i,o wnvA And torn of the
i 1 T ii i . 1. . ' v. '
v,,..;,... n. il.Air diwrnal voices heara
i.i.i i , w u - , - ..
. t l .i.-. ....u.iinff itiirm f but when
.v .,i ti,. wi rl nt death htruck
vnl lVe an albatros he made a throne
of the tempest, aud one day float J
into the calm, clear snnim
: , ., .i .i..,.o it wmr t-iivtrtil
LritrniT ilia" i - . n
WltllMlK-lDUU o- - ,,,l" .,!,
u.AJ oh, aie you n-t " w!ltl acli
.i . ' .-ii-.i. that cu du o math
. A X,-i t- hff 9L - aiucL Ux
v.n i i-iiB-.ei to U I iJi.poi
a UittU n i. .. j , - -.
. . . .. .r- Lum in.tut-d tue ijatra-t te
jua w.iij
tn.. thti dL-uarlaie n a l. ii iitiaa aud
the departure of an infidel. Deodorus,
tnm tn hAcrHn because he could not
compose a joke equal to the joke uttered
.. . . , 1 ..LI. 7AIIT1C
at the other eni oi nis n"D-
dying in a fit of laughter at the sketch of
an aged woman a s-eicn mauo j
own hand. Mazarin, dying playing
cards, his friend holding his bands
because he was unaoie i o"
them himself. All that on one
side, compared with the departuro oi u
Scotch minister, who said to his friends :
"I have no interest as to wnetner i nvw v.
die; if I die I shall be with the Lord,- and
if I live the Lord shall be with me." Or
the last words of Washington: "It is
well." Or the last words or jicimom, iuu
learned and the great: "Happy!" Or
the last words of Hannah More, tho
Christian iioetess: Joy!" Or those
thousands or unnstians wno rovn si
saying: "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly." "O,
death, where is my sung, u, ki'i
where is thy victory?" Behold tho con
trast. Behold the charm of the one, be
hold the darkness or tue oiner. now, i
know it is very popular in this day for
young men to think there, is something
more charming in Buepucisiu iui u
religion. They are ashamed of the old
fashioned religion of the cross, aud they
pride themselves on tneir rree minn-niK
on all these subjects. My young friends.
I want to tell you what I know from ob
servation, that while 'skepticism is a
beautiful land at the start, it is the great,
Sahara Desert at the last.
Years ago a minister's sou went off
from home to college. At college he
formed the acquaintance of & youug msn
whom I shall call Ellison. Ellison wa
an infidel. Ellison scoffed at religion,
and the minister's son soon learned from
him the infidelity, and when he went home
on his vacation broice nis ratner-s nears
by his denunciations of Christianity.
Time passed on and vacation came, and
. . am . 1 . 1 . .
the minister's son went on i peuu m"
vacation, and was on a journey and came
to a hotel. The hotel-Keeper saiu: i am
sorry that to-night I shall have to put you
. i i i .. : . . .. .. rnoro thorA is 11
in a room aujuiuiuj wu
Try sick and dying man. I can give you
no other accommodations." "Oh," said
the young college student and minister
son, "that will make no difference to mc,
except the matter of sympathy with any
body that is suffering, ine young man
retired to his room, but could not sleep.
All night long he heard tne groaning oi
the sick man, or the step of the watchers,
and his soul trembled. He thought
n. iiimooif. "Vow. there is only a thill
tivr iiiin'i.' - ' , - -
wall between me and a departing spirit!
How if Ellison should know how I feel?
How if Ellison should find ouj how my
heart flutters? "What would Ellison say if
he knew my skepticism gave wayr- no
slept not. In the morning,' coming down,
he said to the hotel-keeper: "How is the
sick man?" "Oh." said the notei-Keepr,
"he is dead, poor fellow ! the doctors told
us he could not last through the night."
"Well," said the young man, -wnat an
the sick one's name? where ia ho from?"
"Well," said the hotel-keeper, "he is from
Providence College." -rroviaence col
lege! What is hU name?" "Ellison."
"Ellison!" Oh, how the young man was
stunned ! It was his old college ma te doad
without any hope, it was many noun iw
fore the young man could leave that hotel.
He got on his horse and started homeward,
and all the way ne neara soiimjiuiuk -
tr. vim. "TiAadl Lost! Dead! Lohtl"
111(4 w -
He came to no satisfaction until he en
tered tho Christian life, until ho entered
the Christian ministry, until he became
one of the most eminent missionancH oi
the cross, the greatest Baptist missionary
the world has ever seen since the days f -Paulno
superior t Adoniram Judion.
Mighty -on earth, mighty in Heaven
Adoniram Judson. Which do you like
the best Judson's skepticism or Judson's
Christian life? Judson's suffering for
Christ's sake, Judson's almost martyr
dom? Oh, young man, take your choice
between these two kinds of lives. Your
own heart tells you, this morning, tha
Christian life is admirable, more peace
ful, more comfortable and more beauti
ful. Oh, if religion does so much for a man
on earth, what wirl it do for him in Heav
en? That is the thought that comes to me
now. If a soldier can bo allowed to shout
"Huzza!" when he goes into battle, bow
much more jubilantly bo can afford to
shout "Huzza!" when he has gained the
viiitAml tf rAlicion is so srood a thing to
have here, how bright a thing it will be in
Heaven! I want to see that young man
when the glories of Heaven have robed
and crowned him. I want to hear him
sing when all huskiness of earthly coios is
gono and he rises up witn tne great, ur
ology. I want to know what standar l lie
will carry when marching unuer arcuu i
pearl in the army of banner. I want to
know what company he will keep in a land
where they are all Kings ana uurt-jir, m.
ever and ever. If I have induced one of
you this morning to begin a better hft
then I want to know it. l may not m wi.
world clasp hands with you iu friendship,
I may not hear from your own lip the
story of temptation and sorrow, but I will
clasp hands with you wueu u -
passed and the gates are eutercu.
That I might woo you ui a '
and that I might show you the K'me
with which Ood clothes his denr children
in Heaven, I wish I could this morning
swing back one of the twtivo pi,
there might dash upon your ea. Hhoul
of tho triumph, mat more iniu.
npon your eyes one blazo of the splendor.
Oh, when I speak f that good land you
. m. thai
involuntarily think or some
yon loved-father, mother, brother, sister
or denr little child garnered already. You
want to know what they are iwik
morning. I will tell you what they are
doing. Hinging. You want to know what
they wear. I will tell you what they wear.
Coronets of triumph. You wonder why
oft they look to the gate ot m- w"r"i'-
watch and wait. 1 wm ten ou
watch and wait, and look U tha gate of th
temple. For your coming, i "- i'"-.t-i
,i for I am Hure some ot
you will repent and tart for Heaven. Oh,
i . . .1.-. tl.w.n, vnnr
ve bright ones nerorn ,
earthly friends are coming. AnH, I'osina
mid-afr, cry up t.,aia.O
llAaveti f ud furwar"
man on the battlements celestial, throv,
"Oh!" you say, "religion I am ng : to
have ; it is only a question of time." Mf
brother, I am afraid that you may lose
Heaven the way Louis I'hllippe l.t hU
emoire The Parisian mow
the Tallerte-. The National Guard stood
dIf2S of the palace, and the com
mander said to WiiV"''
fire now? Hhall 1 order ... -
"No " said lX)Uis ruuii'ri M " v
o, ai on. and then Louis
TAW TT1 1 Ii U r1""- '
iew niiu . wa8 hopeless,
rTOreneVl: Nw lathe Urn,
ii 'No," said tne triai, .
late now ; don't you that U;e old era ara
Aii 'ianifing arms wim i-i'-' -'
Down went th throne of Loui
tw law. " .i. . v,
ti.iliTiiiA Ay 1""" raimwcun in"
hou-ie of Orleans, auu m ... --
wid: "Not y-t, Iioi yri. - Jiay "'Hi
. . r,t VOU
ubiect of religion, and should postpone
Bs.iilicg your Spiritual lor- uun. iv -'
l.t too late, you lonijag a tt rone in
ifeuven the way that Umis I'hilippe lost
a tlirone en earth.
Vfk's tha JutiK CRcodi in ni tiiit. J
ClotlieJ in nijetsr "nd llf lit:
WhrB thiirlh fcll nufcke wilu fear,
V. ure, O where, will thou itp rt
. i . ,;i.tii.jBa of i tu:i.i,
If W BliUIAr (1- 1.1-
let ua r.t per.uade Ou.-.eive. vf ttu
thit thara U uut ouo of ua wil'iou'. a Ifci.v.
I
f
fl